P90X The Journey Begins
Posted on April 30, 2009
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I’m going to start this little story by telling you where I was at almost 1 year ago, I was 30 years old, 5ft 9inches tall and 195lbs. I’m not saying I was fat, I’m not saying I was obese, but one this is for sure, I definitely wasn’t where I wanted to be, and found myself to be sadly out of shape, and had taken on the infamous pear shape. The problem I found was that all throught out highschool, and my younger years, I was active, and never had a problem with weight. As I grew older I became less active, and carried with me HORRIBLE eating habits, drinking any where between 10-15 soft drinks per day, raiding the local buffets. To top it all off my only form of exercise was…well…there was none. I was a business owner, who spent the majority of my day in my vehicle, when I got home I felt like I didn’t have the time to exercise and I sure didn’t have the desire.
So one night I was sitting around watching tv, with what I’m sure was a big bowl of chips, and a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper close with in reach, and probably some ice cream in the freezer when the P90X commercial came on. I remember watching this commercial laughing at these idiots on the tv, because in my infinite wisdom I was positive that there was no way it was possible to get those kind of results in 90 days. Before long, for what ever reason, found myself asking if I believed what I just saw, and it wasn’t long after that found myself wondering if this program could actually work? So I figured “What the heck, I’ll give it a try”, Surely I could devote an hour a day for 90 days, besideswhat have I got to lose other than a few extra pounds, and let’s be honest who doesn’t want to be ripped. So I made the call and waited for my new exercise program to arrive in the mail, I was ready to start losing the flab, burning some fat and building lean muscle or at least I thought I was.
In the past I’ve done rather should I say attempted many exercise programs, and for some odd reason I always fell short of my goal. AHHH who am I kidding I didn’t even make it any where near my goal, the video’s never even made it into the dvd player, mainly because I’m lazy, and un motivated. For what ever reason these were different, maybe it was because they weren’t super cheap, or maybe it’s because I was just tired of going down hill who knows why, but I was determined this go around. So I patiently waited for my video’s to arrive, all the while convincing myself that in just 90 short days I was going to be a lean mean fighting machine. Yes I know, I’m gullable and I believe in little fairies that fly around and grant people wishes.
In a short 7 days my wait was over and my video’s arrived, I tore open the package not quite sure what to expect, what I saw staring back at me was a bit un-nerving, between bands, dvd’s literature, and pull ups.I was starting to think that this could be a little more than what I bargained for(and it only took about 10 mins of the first P90X video for me to KNOW this was more than I bargained for).That evening I decided to give the nutrition guide a read, mid way through I was getting really disappointed that I was going to have to give up my soft drinks, pizza’s and candy bars, to get the most out of the system. But hey, I spent money on this, so I at least need to be half way committed, so that’s exactly what I did, gave up all the junk, and followed the nutrition guide as closely as possible.
So I sat back and read the nutrition guide and found myself getting pretty disappointed that I was going to have to give up my soft drinks, pizza’s and candy bars, to get the most out of the system. But hey, I spent money on this, so I at least need to be half way committed, so that’s exactly what I did, gave up all the junk, and followed the nutrition guide as closely as possible.
Swish Swoosh Swash(that’s my sound of traveling through a time portal as we fast forward) 10 months later, I’m now in the best shape of my life, and I continue to do the P90X workouts 6 days a week, I feel better, have more energy, and am definitely in the best shape of my life from following through with this program.
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